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Perrigo (NASDAQ: PRGO) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter fiscal 2012 results Tuesday morning, August 16. Jim Cramer called this health care products maker the “best knock-off company known to man” and said he expects it report a good quarter. The consensus forecast has Perrigo posting...

Nike (NYSE: NKE) will be reporting its fourth-quarter fiscal 2011 results Monday, June 27, after the closing bell. The question for investors is whether the world's largest athletic footwear maker will bounce back from its unexpected earnings miss in the third quarter, following which the stock...

Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN) will be reporting 2011 fiscal fourth-quarter earnings before the bell tomorrow. Analysts are expecting the company to earn $0.36 per share, which would represent a 28% growth over last year's figure of $0.28 per share. Sales are expected to come in at $254.39...

Despite a two-week run-up in share price, Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) is still down 15 percent over the past three months after a disappointing earnings release last quarter. Analysts had expected the company to report earnings of $0.50 per share in June. Instead, they reported earnings of $0.36 per share...

SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE: STI) will post last quarter's earnings results before the market opens on Friday. Analysts expect a loss of $0.75 per share, which is a slight improvement on the $1.08 per-share loss taken in the same quarter a year ago. SunTrust Banks, Inc. - a banking operation with 1,...

Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB) is slated to announce last quarter's results at 11:00 am EST on Friday. The estimated EPS of $0.64 is much less than the $1.03 earned during the same quarter from a year earlier. Schlumberger Limited - an oil drilling service provider - has beat forecasts in its...

McDonald's Corp. (NYSE: MCD) will announce last quarter's earnings results before the market opens on Friday. The consensus EPS estimate of $1.02 is much better than the $0.87 earned for the same quarter a year earlier. McDonald's Corp. - the world's largest fast food restaurant chain - has met or...

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) will post its earnings from last quarter on Friday. Analysts are expecting a per-share profit of $1.26, up from the $1.01 earned for the same quarter a year ago. Kimberly-Clark Corporation - a personal products manufacturer - has topped estimates in its prior...

Huntington Bancshares Inc.(Nasdaq: HBAN) will announce last quarter's results before the market opens on Friday. The consensus estimate of a $0.27 loss per share is still an improvement from the $1.20 per-share loss taken in the same quarter a year ago. Huntington Bancshares Inc. - a regional bank...

Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE: HOG) will announce quarterly results on Friday before the market opens. Analysts are looking for a $0.29 loss per share, versus the $0.34 earned in the same quarter a year ago. Harley-Davidson, Inc. - a motorcycle manufacturer - has fallen short of estimates in each of...

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) will release last quarter's earnings numbers on Friday. The consensus EPS of $0.26 is roughly half the the $0.51 earned in the same quarter a year earlier. General Electric Co. - a well diversified conglomerate - has beat analyst estimates by 2 to 5 cents in its last...